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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy brooch, "bird in flight" type. Measuring 14.64mm in surviving length and 15.48mm in width.
Only the head and front half of the flat body and wings now survives, the rest of the body, catchplate and pin are all missing, this example is also worn and corroded. The head is featureless except for being shaped to show a distinct (?duck-like) beak. The neck is vertical from the body. The wings have traces of enamelled triangular panels. Between them a slightly raised central area. Beneath where the neck joins the body there is the remains of pin lugs.
Hattatt (1987) described this type as rare, with only 5 known from Britain and fewer from the Continent - however a pair have been recorded from Pakenham (PKM 036) and another pair from Burgate see SF-A012500 and SF-A08525, and single egs from Wenhaston, Charsfield and Pettistree in Suffolk, also an eg with curved wings and a definitely duck-like neck and head from Hacheston (Blagg et al, 2004, EAA 106, no.200). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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